Peter Saville on his album cover artwork
Next month sees the release of Total, the first compilation to combine the back catalogues of Joy Division and New Order – who shared band members, a record label and a sleeve designer.… Read More
Monthly Archive: May, 2011
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How The Government Has Merged With Corporations
The 20th century was the bloodiest and most violent in human history. This led some countries to fascism – a system characterized by the state and large business becoming almost indistinguishable. The first… Read More
Lionel Messi
Later we would all say, “I was there. I saw it happen.” At the time, when he was brought on as a substitute, it was actually a welcome break, a chance for the… Read More
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Secret Life of Hotels
The Dominique Strauss-Kahn incident has incited lively conversations among industry colleagues as well as among most of my staff at a private company that supplies concierges to hotels, where many of us come… Read More
Interview with Francis Fukuyama
We start with the news of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest, which has just broken. “Isn’t that an amazing story?” Fukuyama says. “Even if it was an entrapment of some sort, the way he responded,… Read More
Lady Gaga takes tea with Mr Fry
It takes quite a bit to excite the staff of The Lanesborough Hotel, one of London’s more self-consciously luxurious five-star residences. Princes, sultans, presidents, oligarchs and film stars have been coming here ever… Read More
China’s most expensive flat unveiled
Just as the Chinese government is trying to rein in soaring house prices a real estate developer in Beijing has unveiled what Chinese media report is by far the most expensive apartment ever… Read More
Coca-Cola at the Design Museum
To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Coca-Cola has just opened a new display on the history of its visual identity at the Design Museum in London. The exhibition fills the Design Museum’s glass tank… Read More
Two Greenpeace ships confront world’s most controversial oil rig
onfidential UK government documents acquired by Greenpeace and released today reveal that the British foreign office believes any oil spill in Arctic waters would be impossible to deal with. The rig’s destination, in… Read More
Street Life in Lagos – Witness – Al Jazeera English
Street Life in Lagos – Witness – Al Jazeera English.
